Procom Sets New Performance Records With Introduction of Next-Generation NetFORCE Products; Quantum Advances Achieved in NFS and CIFS Performance.Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001 Procom Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRCM PRCM Power, Reset and Clock Management PRCM Master Chief Parachute Rigger (Naval Rating) PRCM Passive Radiation Countermeasures PRCM Parallel Relay Channel Model ), a leading developer of intelligent storage technology and worldwide provider of networked storage solutions, today unveiled the next generation NetFORCE(TM) 3000 series -- the NetFORCE 3500 and 3600C. These are the latest additions to Procom's line of cost-effective high-performance, high-availability data filers that have made storage consolidation a manageable task with their cross-platform file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. , simplified management, massive scalability and open standard architecture. "With the NetFORCE 3500 and 3600C we are giving users greater choice, control and utilization of their storage assets," said Parsa Rohani, Procom Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . "These new additions to our NetFORCE 3000 series provide significantly increased performance and throughput for those customers who need it." The enterprise-class NetFORCE 3600C offers fault-tolerant, clustered failover architecture with no single point of failure for mission-critical applications. Its 17TB maximum raw storage capacity is unsurpassed in density and value -- costing less than $.03/MB when fully configured. Performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. are equally impressive. In an NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System environment, the 3600C operates at 12,500 IOPS IOPS Input/Output Per Second IOPS Input/Output Operations Per Second (server performance measurement) IOPS International Organization of Pension Supervisors IOPS Information Operations Planning System IOPS Internet Official Protocol Standards (a) (input output per second) with CIFS (Common Internet File System) The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol in DOS, which is why the terms CIFS/SMB and SMB/CIFS are sometimes seen. The word "Internet" in the CIFS name has little relevance. performance at 450 Mb/sec(b) (millions of bits per second) -- improving performance by 35 percent and 100 percent, respectively, over NetFORCE 3200C. The midrange NetFORCE 3500 is also highly scaleable with 60-drive, 10.8TB maximum raw storage capacity. In an NFS environment, it operates at 6300 iops(a) with CIFS performance at 230 Mb/sec(b) -- performance increases of 35 percent and 100 percent, respectively, over the NF 3100. Both models feature a Fibre Channel backend and dual active-active RAID controllers. They offer email/pager error notification, Web-based management GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. and hardware support for four Gigabit Network Interface Controllers, ensuring high-performance access to the IP network. To leverage current tape library assets and enable the use of new technologies, the 3500 and 3600C support all popular tape library interfaces, including Fibre Channel, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and Gigabit. In addition, the NetFORCE 3000 line in conjunction with Procom's DUET add-on provides a storage consolidation option that enables both block level and file level access to data. Procom's new DUET technology promotes full utilization of storage assets and greatly simplifies data management. Like other products in the NetFORCE series, the 3500 and 3600C can be enhanced with Procom's new enterprise-class ProMirror(TM) data protection and disaster recovery feature. This uniquely cost-effective mirroring technology allows users to save and protect data, locally or remotely, using existing IT infrastructure. Benefits Summary
-- Superior NAS technology
-- Performance enhancements for both Windows and UNIX through
software optimization and hardware upgrades
-- Room to grow -- up to 17TB capacity
-- Clustered NF 3600C has no single point of failure
-- DUET block-level access feature available
-- ProMirror data mirroring capable
About Procom Technology Procom Technology is a pioneer in network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ). The company designs and produces information storage and management solutions based on Procom's Adaptive Network Storage Architecture (ANSA ANSA - Advanced Network Systems Architecture ) which features optimized embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. for seamless integration into all major networking environments. Procom's products are used by a number of Fortune 2000 companies. Information about Procom, its products and services can be found at http://www.procom.com. This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about market acceptance of NAS appliances, future growth of NAS product sales and adoption of NAS as a storage standard. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of factors that affect the Company's operating results, interested parties should review risk factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (a) NFS performance using LADDIS (b) NetBench |
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